Keith Burge

Top tip: Seen a house you like but can't afford it? Just put up some flags on the nearest lampposts and watch the value plummet!

Oh and it won't save money - they more than pay for themselves in terms of savings to the criminal justice system and the NHS, quite apart from wider contributions to economic inclusion and social cohesion. 2/2

Working with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria I saw the tremendous value in the work being carried out and funded by its Violence Reduction Unit. If PCCs are to go, what happens to these vital interventions? 1/2

It was just like when Panorama put together a clip from two different parts of a speech by Alan Carr. In the first one he said "I am" and in the second one "a gay man", thereby totally misrepresenting him.

I'd have been more shocked to see Panorama edit a clip in which Trump appeared to speak coherently.

"The British press is extremely centralised, and most of it is owned by wealthy men who have every motive to be dishonest on certain important topics." George Orwell (1945)

Bloke goes on reality tv programme which then qualifies him to return on the celebrity version. Television is eating itself.

I just read that Trump is developing the White House in his own image. I assume the new ballroom is in the shape of a massive gut and that he'll be painting it orange.

At least by taking the name Mountbatten, he won’t be associated with any paedoph… oh

Nigel Farage ‘sad’ as Clacton area remains most deprived neighbourhood Jaywick is part of Reform leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage’s Essex constituency

If I were the local MP, addressing the issues that make Jaywick the most deprived locality in the country would be my number one mission. But then we don't all have the same priorities, do we?

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All of this media attention on a tiny, technical, inadvertent and inconsequential oversight, and none at all on the circumstances of the purchase of Farage’s constituency house. It’s almost as if there’s some sort of agenda.

A survey now suggests that Nigel Farage is the country's preferred candidate to be PM. We might just as well have had research indicate that the people's loo roll of choice is made of sandpaper. Coated in Deep Heat.

Whichever party they're working for, these highfalutin political strategists appear to be so far up their own fundament that they can't see what's going on in the world outside. And appear to care even less.

And now Prince Andrew's banner, bearing his coat of arms, has been removed from St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Must his suffering go on...?

Hats off to @SouthShieldsFC for the best ticket-buying experience I can remember. Easy, quick and charging away fans a fair price. #salop #FACup

Not this time

How patriotic is it to live in Spain, courtesy of an Irish passport, whilst accepting money from super rich Americans?

Of course, if you can't get the Palestinians out by force, you can always re-develop and price them out.

That was less a peace summit and more the world’s biggest ego trip/family grifting opportunity.

Trump was hot favourite for the Nobel Peace Prize, but then the Committee reduced his chances by 500%.

"All calls are recorded for reigning and monarching purposes."

He's going to give himself The Medal of Honor isn't he?

"By supporting the killing of more than 68,000 Palestinians, more than 200 journalists/media workers and more than 200 humanitarian aid workers, I have brought peace to Gaza. So give me a medal."

Anyone who'll speak to me...

I'm in the early stages of planning an overly-ambitious charity fundraiser and could do with some help. Do any of you lovely people have good contacts in:
- LNER/Lumo/Grand Central?
- Premier Inn/Travelodge?
- Companies supplying running shoes?

This will get you into heaven.

So, how soon after the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded (whoever gets it) will Trump's enthusiasm for peace in Gaza last?

I see that the response to Gary Neville's recent video entirely justifies the points made in Gary Neville's recent video.

Monday, Mel Stride: "You can't expect me to be making Budget announcements four years ahead of a General Election!"

Wednesday, Kemi Badenoch: "We're going to abolish Stamp Duty!"

"And, wait for it, a free cuddly toy for every tax return!"

"My mother-in-law's got no nose. How does she smell? Well, she can't, it's a prosthetic! But there may be some application of machine olfaction in the future."